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School of Arts, English and Languages

About The School

Welcome to the School of Arts, English and Languages. With a dynamic community of students and scholars, we foster creativity, critical thinking, and cultural exploration. Our diverse subject areas empower you to engage with literature, media, performance, and languages, shaping the storytellers, communicators, and artists of tomorrow.

Whether you are drawn to the power of words in English and Creative Writing, the richness of global cultures through Modern Languages, or the expressive potential of Music, Drama, and Film, our programs provide the skills and insights to inspire and innovate.

Through strong industry connections, hands-on experience, and guidance from leading academics, you’ll develop the expertise to thrive in a world driven by communication and creativity.

SUBJECT AREAS

  • Broadcasting Production

    Broadcast Production

    Code Long Course Title Semester Pre-Requisite Units
    BCP1002 Broadcast Production Skills Fall N 20.00
    BCP2001 Broadcast Journalism Fall N 20.00
    BCP2002 Radio and Podcast Production Fall N 20.00
    BCP3003 Media and Time Fall N 20.00
    BCP3006 Rehabilitating Reality: studies and strategies of the use of fiction to strengthen fact Fall N 20.00
    BCP1003 Broadcast Analysis 2 Spring N 20.00
    BCP1004 Broadcast Storytelling Spring N 20.00
    BCP2003 The Television Programme Spring N 20.00
    BCP2004 Popular Genres Spring N 20.00
    BCP2005 Interactive Media and Future Broadcasting Spring N 20.00
    BCP3004 Gender and Media Spring N 20.00
  • Drama

    Drama

    Code Long Course Title Semester Pre-Requisite Units
    DRA1001 Introduction to Theatre: The Material Stage Fall N 20.00
    DRA1003 Introduction to Performing Fall N 20.00
    DRA2007 Educational Drama Fall N 20.00
    DRA2022 Acting Shakespeare Fall N 20.00
    DRA2060 Acting for Musical Theatre Fall N 20.00
    DRA3005 Advanced Theatre Practice Fall Y 20.00
    DRA3050 Beckett in Performance Fall N 20.00
    DRA3057 The Art of Interaction Fall N 20.00
    DRA1004 Introduction to Acting for Stage and Screen Spring N 20.00
    DRA1005 Theatre Now: Contemporary Performance Spring N 20.00
    DRA2014 Radio Drama Spring N 20.00
    DRA3042 Postconflict Drama: Performing the NI Peace Process Spring N 20.00
    DRA3060 Dance Theatre Spring N 20.00
    DRA3063 Solo Performance Spring N 20.00
    DRA3067 Participatory performance practices Spring N 20.00
  • English Literature and English Language

    English Literature

    Code Long Course Title Semester Pre-Requisite Units
    ENG1001 English in Transition Fall N 20.00
    ENG2003 Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World Fall N 20.00
    ENG2041 Havoc and Rebellion: Writing and Reading Later Medieval England Fall N 20.00
    ENG2050 Shakespeare and Co Fall N 20.00
    ENG2061 Fiction and the Novel (1660-1820) Fall N 20.00
    ENG2063 Romantic Poetry, 1789-1832 Fall N 20.00
    ENG2091 Creative Writing Drama Fall N 20.00
    ENG2093 Creative Writing Prose Fall N 20.00
    ENG3064 Representing the Working Class Fall N 20.00
    ENG3069 Televising the Victorians Fall N 20.00
    ENG3070 Contemporary Indian Literature in English Fall N 20.00
    ENG3097 Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century: Evolution, Degeneration, and the Mind Fall N 20.00
    ENG1002 Issues in Contemporary Fiction: Gender, Race, Ecology Spring N 20.00
    ENG1090 Introduction to Creative Writing Spring N 20.00
    ENG2060 Modernism and Modernity Spring N 20.00
    ENG2065 Utopia / Dystopia: The Future in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Literature Spring N 20.00
    ENG2066 Dickens and the Cult of Celebrity Spring N 20.00
    ENG2081 Irish Literature Spring N 20.00
    ENG2092 Creative Writing Poetry Spring N 20.00
    ENG3011 Marvels, Monsters and Miracles in Anglo-Saxon England Spring N 20.00
    ENG3020 Women's Writing 1680-1830 Spring Y 20.00
    ENG3087 Shakespeare on Screen Spring N 20.00
    ENG3090 Restoration to Regency in Contemporary Fiction Spring N 20.00
    ENG3181 Renaissance Performance, Gender, Space Spring N 20.00
    ENG3185 Writing Africa: The Colonial Past to Colonial Present Spring N 20.00
    ENG3330 Irish Gothic Spring N 20.00
    ENG3333 Stevens & Bishop Spring N 20.00
    ENH3020 Special Topic in Irish Writing Spring N 20.00
  • English Language

    English Language

    Code Long Course Title Semester Pre-Requisite Units
    ENH3020 Special Topic in Irish Writing Spring N 20.00
    ENL1001 Introduction to English Language Fall N 20.00
    ENL2001 Foundations for Speech Analysis: The Phonetics of English Fall N 20.00
    ENL3003 Speech Worlds: Phonological Acquisition, Variation and Disorder Fall N 20.00
    ENL3004 Language in the Media Fall Y 20.00
    ENL2002 Language and Power Spring N 20.00
    ENL2004 History of English: Studying Language Change Spring N 20.00
  • Film

    Film Studies

    Code Long Course Title Semester Pre-Requisite Units
    FLM1001 Introduction to Film Studies 1 Fall N 20.00
    FLM2012 Documentary Film Studies Fall N 20.00
    FLM2014 Film and Sound: History and Theory Fall Y 20.00
    FLM3019 Hollywood Cinema 2 Fall N 20.00
    FLM1002 Introduction to Film Studies 2 Spring N 20.00
    FLM2013 World Cinema Spring Y 20.00
    FLM2026 British Cinema: Nation, Identity and Industry Spring N 20.00
    FLM2028 Non-Fiction Film Practice Spring Y 20.00
    FLM3024 Film and Music: Theory and Criticism Spring N 20.00

     

  • French

    French

    Code Long Course Title Semester Pre-Requisite Units
    FRH1003 Perspectives on France: moments of crisis Fall N 20.00
    FRH2030 French Noir Fall N 20.00
    FRH2064 Sino-French Graphic Novels Fall N 20.00
    FRH3036 Ideologies of Death in Modern French Literature Fall N 20.00
    FRH1101 French 1 Full Year N 40.00
    FRH1121 Beginners French Studies (Post GCSE Level) Full Year N 40.00
    FRH2101 French 2 Full Year N 40.00
    FRH3101 French 3 Full Year Y 40.00
    FRH1004 Beyond the Hexagon: French language, politics and culture in a global frame Spring N 20.00
    FRH2010 Linguistic Variation in French Spring N 20.00
    FRH3037 Home Matters: Space, Gender and Identity in 19th-Century France and Belgium Spring N 20.00
  • Liberal Arts

    Liberal Arts

    Code Long Course Title Semester Pre-Requisite Units
    LIB1001 Understanding Now Fall N 20.00
    LIB2001 Uses of the Past Fall N 20.00
    LIB3001 Arts and Humanities in the Contemporary World Fall N 20.00
  • Music

    Music

    Code Long Course Title Semester Pre-Requisite Units
    MUS1002 Introduction to Music Fall N 20.00
    MUS1005 Introduction to Composition Fall N 20.00
    MUS2033 Experimental Popular Musics Fall N 20.00
    MUS2036 Sound Design for Screen Fall Y 20.00
    MUS2048 Live Production Systems Fall Y 20.00
    MUS2050 Improvisation Fall N 20.00
    MUS2055 Songwriting Fall N 20.00
    MUS3009 Audio Post Production Fall Y 20.00
    MUS3011 Composition 3a Fall Y 20.00
    MUS3014 Composing for Screen Fall Y 20.00
    MUS3055 Politics in Popular Song from the French Revolution to Punk Fall N 20.00
    MUS1013 Fundamental Harmony Full Year N 20.00
    MUS1017 Solo Performance 1 Full Year N 20.00
    MUS2017 Solo Performance 2 Full Year Y 20.00
    MUS3072 Single Performance 3 Full Year Y 20.00
    MUS3099 Directed Study Full Year N 20.00
    MUS1010 Fundamentals of Sound Spring N 20.00
    MUS1041 Music in History Spring N 20.00
    MUS2004 Sonic Arts Spring Y 20.00
    MUS2011 Composition II Spring Y 20.00
    MUS2015 Classical Analysis Spring Y 20.00
    MUS2034 Instrument and Installation Design Spring N 20.00
    MUS2038 Sound Recording and Production 2 Spring Y 20.00
    MUS2052 Music Psychology Spring N 20.00
    MUS3003 Sonic Arts 2 Spring Y 20.00
    MUS3008 Music and Medicine Spring N 20.00
    MUS3010 Auditory Perception Spring N 20.00
    MUS3038 Sound Recording and Production 3 Spring Y 20.00
    MUS3069 Traditional Irish Music: Form, Style and Development Spring N 20.00
  • Spanish

    Spanish

    Code Long Course Title Semester Pre-Requisite Units
    SPA1008 Introduction to Latin American Studies Fall N 20.00
    SPA1132 Introduction to Lusophone Studies Fall N 20.00
    SPA2008 World as Stage Fall N 20.00
    SPA2026 Spanish Memoirs and Autobiographies of the 20th Century Fall N 20.00
    SPA2132 Configurations of the Brazilian City Fall Y 20.00
    SPA3043 Brazilian digital culture: Trends and topics Fall N 20.00
    SPA3132 Afterlives of the Empire: Decolonisation in the Portuguese-speaking World Fall N 20.00
    SPA1101 Spanish 1 Full Year N 40.00
    SPA1121 Spanish for Beginners Full Year N 40.00
    SPA1131 Portuguese 1 Full Year N 40.00
    SPA2101 Spanish 2 Full Year N 40.00
    SPA2131 Portuguese 2 Full Year Y 40.00
    SPA3101 Spanish 3 Full Year N 40.00
    SPA3131 Portuguese 3 Full Year N 40.00
    SPA1005 Introduction to Iberian Studies Spring N 20.00
    SPA2040 The Fantastic in Latin America Spring N 20.00
    SPA2041 Re-imagining Spain in the nineteenth century Spring N 20.00
    SPA3021 Rewriting Love in the Renaissance Spring Y 20.00
  • AEL

    Cross-Disciplinary Modules in AEL

    Code Long Course Title Semester Pre-Requisite Units
    AEL2010 Research Project (Study Abroad) Both N 20.00
    AEL2001 Gender, Culture, and Representation – Backwards & in Heels Fall N 20.00
    AEL2002 Adaptation as Interdisciplinary Practice Fall N 20.00
    AEL3007 Adaptation as Interdisciplinary Practice Fall N 20.00
  • Celtic Studies

    Celtic Studies

    Code Long Course Title Semester Pre-Requisite Units
    CEL1033 Celtic Mythology Fall N 20.00
  • Creative Arts and Design

    Creative Arts and Design

    Code Long Course Title Semester Pre-Requisite Units
    SCA2002 Principles of Business in Arts, Cultural and Creative Industries Spring N 20.00
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